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Used to indicate that if harm befalls a person or their possessions through their actions, it is their own responsibility.

‘they undertook the adventure at their own risk’

‘Signs were put up saying ‘Enter at your own risk!’’

‘Swimming in the sea is to be clearly done at one's own risk, as the currents are very strong in this part of the coast.’

‘Use of any of the information in this article is at your own risk, and readers under age 18 should have parental permission before attempting to modify any computer case and/or attempting to use power tools.’

‘The patient, who comes from a Siberian village and was identified only by his first name, Sergei, paid over £1,000 towards the cost of the operation, which the doctors had warned was performed at his own risk.’

‘Further, any persons or institutions entering into any agreement with them should know that they are doing so at their own risk in that they may lose millions of money and credibility, of which the group shall not accept responsibility.’

‘Anyone who brings their children is doing so at their own risk.’

‘When I park in parking lots, there are often signs posted saying that the people who park there do so at their own risk and that the businesses are not responsible for accidents and theft.’

‘We take no responsibility whatsoever if you want to try some of these ‘instructions'; do so at your own risk.’

‘The bottom line: people who park their bikes outside during the winter do so at their own risk, and the city won't pay for any damages caused by public works operations..’

‘I'm aware that one is not supposed to send anything of value by courier and if one does do so, it's at one's own risk.’

at the risk of doing something

Although there is the possibility of something unpleasant resulting.

‘at the risk of boring people to tears, I repeat the most important rule in painting’

‘It was perhaps enough to have displaced one apparently corrupt set of politicians, even at the risk of introducing a new set hardly any better.’

‘His answers were complete and easy to understand and not once did I get the impression that he was loading his opinion in favour of one party at the risk of being unfaithful in his duty of impartiality to the tribunal.’

‘So, I'm going to speak my peace at the risk of shocking a lot of people I respect.’

‘And - at the risk of giving something away - the family curse is not really lifted.’

‘And even if they had been willing to sacrifice even more, at the risk of jeopardizing their security for the sake of the alliance, there is no chance that this would have significantly changed the outcome of the battle.’

‘And at the risk of getting my heart broken, I took the easy way out, that being breaking up with you.’

‘And I know you think you'll be back with Josh by then, but, at the risk of having my head bitten off, I'm not so sure you will.’

‘But, at the risk of being cheesy, they are all good people.’

‘I wanted to scream, but at the risk of waking the house, I bit my lip.’

‘It's to their credit that they continue trying new things, even at the risk of alienating their fans.’

risk one's neck

Put one's life in danger.

‘You risked your neck as much as we did tonight, and for two guys you'd never even met.’

‘I do not know why I'm risking my neck and my position for this favor!’

‘Following a period of mature reflection over Christmas, the man who said that the people of Ayr were his life and blood decided not to risk his neck by submitting himself for election before them.’

‘He only realizes what he has when she's risking her neck and showing she's a hell of a lot more adventurous and smart than he thought.’

‘He risked his neck in speeding, overcrowded buses with bald tyres, he was shot at by bandits, robbed and spat at, obliged to sleep in malarial flop houses and insanitary trains and to wait interminably.’

‘A soldier risking his neck to keep the peace abroad should not have to worry about facing charges in a foreign court.’

‘I risked my neck to save these peoples lives, and they were deserting me.’

run (or take) the risk (or risks)

Expose oneself to the possibility of something unpleasant occurring.

‘she preferred not to run the risk of encountering his sister’

‘In addition to this financial risk, the companies also ran the risk of over-signing acts and not having enough staff available to service and promote them properly.’

‘I think everybody runs risks talking about Social Security.’

‘Several U.S. anthropologists have observed recently that the discipline may be so detached from real world issues that it runs the risk of undermining itself.’

‘I really believe that the role of the architect is changing, and unless the profession and its education change, architecture runs the risk of being marginalized.’

‘Sadly, when you try to be so many things at once, you run the risk of losing your audience with such a varied image.’

‘If Canada continues on its present route it runs the risk of being viewed as hypocritical.’

‘She was trapped, either stay outdoors and risk being caught by Kent, or stay with a man she hardly knew and run the risk of him possibly turning her over to the same man.’

‘To cover every possible historical topic is not only impossible, but runs the risk of turning the book into a social history of Europe between 1400 and 1600.’

‘Nowadays, given the vastness of the subject, world histories by a single author run the risk of falling short.’

‘The only reason she hasn't actually said anything is because she absolutely adores Christine and so she would never run the risk of running the risk of losing her.’

at risk to oneself (or something)

With the possibility of endangering oneself or something.

‘he visited prisons at considerable risk to his health’

‘What does he know about the humiliation of checkpoints, or about people being forced to travel on gravel and mud roads, at risk to their lives, in order to get a woman in labour to a hospital?’

‘A parent, for example, will often defend its child against a dangerous enemy, at risk to the parent's life, when the parent could easily have made good its own escape by abandoning the child.’

‘But manufacturers, eager for fourth-quarter sales growth at any cost, may swallow the difference even at risk to their profits.’

‘They were good people, but she couldn't expect them to lie for her at risk to themselves, and she didn't think less of them for it.’

‘Portable storage media, readily available internally and sent outside the protection of the data center, is inherently at risk to theft.’

‘They are often intelligent and obedient, but are less suited to family life because their small size puts them at risk to the rough play of small children.’

‘And by modernizing our industrial base, it will save millions of jobs in manufacturing that are now at risk to foreign competition.’

‘But even with their protected status and the watchful eye of tourism officials, they are at risk to poachers.’

‘The groups, which have robustly campaigned against the danger of mobile phone masts and radiation waves near children and schools, may now be putting their children at risk to evil interferers.’

‘The solicitors expressed the view that Mr Lumley was at risk to himself and was vulnerable.’